Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

Spockles is so cute that even when he’s sending me the stink eye my heart melts 😭 #catsofmastodon

McCarthy has now lost 10 Speaker votes, and there's no sign of anything changing.

But here's the part that really gets me.

Republicans—who won 2 presidencies with fewer votes, filibustered dozens of popular bills while representing 20M fewer Americans, and appointed 3 SCOTUS justices contrary to the will of the majority of Americans—are upset that 20 ultra-MAGAs are holding 200 MAGAs hostage.

I guess they don't like the FO stage of FA ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Something that I think can be lost in more shallow critiques of NYT and NYT opinion is that there's a divide between the reactionary writers and everyone else.

The reactionaries are LAZY. Pamela Paul gets a column out of "What ever happened to Free to be You and Me?"

But progressive writers like Polgreen (or Jamelle Bouie, others) often do real reporting or in depth analysis to complement their opinion writing. They work harder, for less credit. Important to remember them in our critiques.

Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots.

I hope Republicans don’t beat any cops with the American flag tomorrow.

One thing I noticed about #birdsite is that the worst of humanity there do not read. They communicate in memes….the equivalent of elementary school flash cards. When I want to know more about something, I turn to “books.
This way, I can gather the opinions of those currently living, but also take my questions to brilliant minds no longer living. I can ask Einstein , Emerson, or Socrates all their thoughts, and receive an answer. To not read is the greatest “cancel culture” of all.

On the 2 yr anniversary of the 1/6 attack on our Capitol, I would like to again hear Garland's reassuring (and lying) words that no one is above the law.

Someone replied to one of my Toots yesterday saying that they "didn't have a life worth Tooting about."

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Earlier I posted about having to do laundry and how I kept putting it off for 3 days. Only a few people responded, but we still made a brief but fun connection. Not because we were told to meet by some algorithm, but because of circumstance.

Kind of like if I had gone to a laundromat.

Connections, even brief ones, can be meaningful.

Because of the date

When you say “And another thing,” you insinuate I was listening when you said the first thing. I resent that.

This day in history. 1852. French educator Louis Braille died in Paris. I know he invented something but I can't quite put my finger on it.

I bring up this anecdote a lot but that’s because it’s just so frustrating that it lives rent free in my head. And as a woman, you can’t even do anything against that kind of logic. Anything you say to the contrary is “said out of emotion” so it proves their point. I wanted to walk out of lecture, but that would have been an “emotional” reaction. Some dumb fuck said the same thing on twitter and so I blocked him and one of their followers immediately called out my block as “emotional”.

LL Ori and the Orion Nebula
Credits: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team
#nature #space #astrophotography

I may need to take this quote to heart.

"Think not of the books you've bought as a 'to be read' pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood." - Luc van Donkersgoed, as quoted at https://www.instagram.com/p/CnBV6PqPxZm/

The TBR pile is dead! Long live the #BookCellar!

#bookstodon #quotes

Kīlauea volcano is erupting. https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/volcano-updates#hvo #Hawaii

Remember when all cars came with cigarette lighters and ashtrays, but seat belts were kind of optional.

@msnbc @CNNNetwork As the House adjourns after day 3 of the #speakerofthehouse sh*tshow, please spare the American people a pointless interview with any of these 20+ members of the #gop because you are only incentivizing them. Instead, you should ask Don Bacon (R-NE) and the #gop ”moderates” why they are letting their 20+ colleagues hold the chamber hostage and why they haven’t approached the #Democrats about a deal. Ask them why they won’t create their own leverage.

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